Is There a Need for Critical Robotics Research?
Paper in proceeding, 2023

What research questions and approaches are currently missing in the field of human-robot interaction research? We discuss humanistic and critical dimensions of critical robotics - an initiative created to investigate a possible paradigm shift in the field of robotics research. Robotic solutions are increasingly presented as a potentially desirable and emerging technologies in different social domains and institutions. At the same time, both this vision and the reality of robots in society pose a great deal of challenges. We provide some background to the critical robotics movement and present examples of research that takes a critical robotics perspective.

critical robotics

social robots

drones

human-robot interaction

reconfiguring HRI

epistemology

Author

Sara Ljungblad

University of Gothenburg

Niamh Ní Bhroin

University of Oslo

Sofia Serholt

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

University of Gothenburg

Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa

University of Gothenburg

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

0922-6389 (ISSN) 18798314 (eISSN)

Vol. 366 663-666
9781643683744 (ISBN)

5th Robophilosophy Conference: Social Robots in Social Institutions, Robophilosophy 2022
Helsinki, Finland,

Subject Categories

Media and Communication Technology

Interaction Technologies

Human Computer Interaction

Robotics

DOI

10.3233/FAIA220674

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7/19/2023